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hi mate, sorry to see what's happened to your Corrado, always a shame to see another go. I don't suppose you'd be able to get the rear panel off at all? I've had a Range Rover have a go at mine, and the rear panel is done for so I'm trying to source another. I found one from a scrapyard but it's not in great condition and would require some of the good bits left from mine stictched in, which isn't ideal. I'd rather have a solid one from a car that's been looked after. If it's something you were able to do, how much would you want for it? I'd organise a courier of course. If not, would you be able to let me know what breakers' you'd be taking it to, assuming you are, so I might try and get it off them? Thanks very much for your help.

Twin45, I'm currently trying to get hold of a rear panel for a Corrado as some numpty in a Range Rover has ruined mine. Is that something you'd be able to get from the cars you have in stock, and if so how much would you be looking for it? Thanks very much.

Thanks for your advice, and taking the time to read my post! In hindsight I probably could have just posted the final question about the Crankshaft Sensor... might edit that now. Think what you suggest is probably the best immediate course of action, was definitely loathe to pay out £50 just for them to do it again. Wasn't sure what the situation was with those cheap cables, whether they were a bit dodgy or not, but I guess for a fiver there's not much risk. Was also unsure whether VCDS-Lite showed all the codes, but I'll give it ago and then see where we are!

Quick heads up; Mobil 1 Extended Life 10w-60 is on Amazon at about £35 for 5l, which is a pretty good price considering it's about £60 in Halfords! http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004RCNOCS/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1/278-4827884-2762541?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_r=0NV4ZJPQ8R4TM5JW0NR2&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=103612307&pf_rd_i=B004W7GJ7A Also a chap on e-bay selling it at £69.50 for 10l.

Does anyone know why there are different codes for a Crankshaft Position Sensor AND an Engine Speed Sensor on VAG-COM? I understood from reading about here they were the same thing, so why are they both listed under different codes? However, a quick look at the list of fault codes here http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?t=48469 shows this: 513 P0506 Engine Speed Sensor - G28 - Idle RPM Too Low 513 P0507 Engine Speed Sensor - G28 - Idle RPM Too High 513 Engine Speed Sensor - G28 - Signal Malfunction 514 P0336 Crankshaft Position Sensor - Erratic Signal - G4 514 Crankshaft Position Sensor - G4 Also could someone confirm whether, given my engine is running and not exhibiting any misfires that might suggest an intermittent fault, the Crankshaft Position Sensor/Engine Speed Sensor is working as it should and there is no other way it could be faulty? The garage flagged up a fault code with it, but didn't specify which or whether they performed it with the ignition off (which is what I am thinking likely from reading threads on here) so I am just trying to get to the bottom of it. Thanks!

been down to the dealers this week so have a few prices: Oil Pressure Switch High and Low (VO28 919 081 H/V068 919 081 D) £12.62 Each Thermostat (V075 121 113 D) £24.91 Thermostat O-ring (VN 901 368 02) £3.84 Oil Cooler Gaskets (V038 117 070) £3.25 (V038 117 070 A) £4.24 Oil Filter (V021 115 562) £14.60 Prices are all without VAT. Additional Parts that I didn't buy so only got rough prices: Thermostat Housing (all 3 parts inc. gaskets) approx. £75.00 Crack pipe inc. O-rings approx. £30.00 Impulse Sender (Camshaft sensor as far as I am aware) approx. £52.00 In addition the dealer said they were unable to get the Engine Speed Sensor (Crankshaft position sensor I think this is) any longer, so it might be worth stocking up on this as I understand it's a showstopper if it goes wrong!

Right, so Head Gasket was replaced, head skimmed, valves cleaned up and new valve seals fitted, which made a vast improvement. Engine is now much smoother and pulls away at lower revs. Fuel consumption has also gone down handily, I suppose unsurprising when before it was trying to do the same work, but with 5 cylinders instead of 6! Next job, was a radiator replacment which was still leaking coolant at a fair rate, which the fans were then handily distributing around the engine bay. I decided on a GSF one, I know they've got a bad rep on here, but the OEM from VW was just too expensive for me at the moment. I can always upgrade it further down the line I figure. A job which I thought would take a couple of afternoons ended up taking the best part of a week, mostly because everything was a battle! Any fixing that needed removing was inevitably seized ... took several hours just to get the plastic splash time under the bumper off! Anyway, got there in the end, and replaced all fixings with new stainless ones awith lots of greese applied. Also reqrapped some wiring which was looking a bit worse for wear. Pictures: Front end off, can see where the radiator was leaking bottom right corner... completely rusted away. Looked even worse in real life, picture doesn't do it justice. In a generally terrible state; a lot of the veins were smashed and just crumbled away when moved, depositing themselves all over the place, rusted all over, and with a large moth embedded in the middle! Old rad off, and generally things are in a pretty decent shape. Spots of rust on the cross members, but nothing major, all the piping in goo dnick and the wiring just needed rewrapping which I did. Got a lot of dirt out from under the battery as well and then applied a liberal helping of waxoyl to everything! Lovely shiny new rad! For comparison. Think the old one may also have been from GSF, as looked very similar. Only issue was the 6 metal tags which I can only assume fit some other vehicle rad assembly as they need to be bent completely back to fit the fan hosing on. Best to be done before you have the rad in place! New rad in. Looks much better. Topped the coolant up from the top of the radiator. Then everything went back together reasonably straight forwardly, with just a moderatel amount of things sent to try your patience! i also took the time to smarten up the fan cage which was a mass of rust again. Couldn't get it all off, some lumps were so hard and solid, all the grinder was doing was polising them and chipping away at them with a hammer and chisel was frustrating! Couple of coats of thick hammerite primer, and some hammerite spray later: Bosch. ---------- Post added at 02:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:44 PM ---------- Thought the post was getting a bit long, so split it in two! The other job I had to unfortunatley do was repair the splitter which had been... split. I suspect it was done when in the garage having the head gasket replaced, and they somehow managed to do this: :( That's from the inside, it's the passenger side corner. I had straightened it out in this picture. Whatever happened it had hit something fairly hard. The plastic was overlapping itself, and you can see the screw holding the splash trim has been ripped out of the plastic. Additionally the steel reinforcing bar that runs along the top edge was bent out of shape, I managed to roughly bend it back into shape so it still fits, and the grill trim in the bumper had been forced out. The reason I suspect it happened at the garage is I sure as hell haven't hit anything! Unfortunately I don't have any pictures from immediately before I took it in of that side of the car to prove it. The only other incident I can think of is back when we had the heavy snow before christmas; a sharp right hander at the bottom of a hill, covered in snow meant I ended up going over the verge. However i checked ater for damage, when I reached my destination and beefore I left again, so I am certain I woul dhave noticed had it happened then. I also only noticed shortly after it had been into the garage. So that's frustrating, especially as VW say they are now obsolete. Managed to bodge a fix with some glassfibre and epoxy resin along the back, and then riveted a bit of Aluminium at the bottom: So all back together and running pretty well ok! No longer using coolant, but it is stil using oil, which is disconcerting. Much less than before but it is using it none the less. I am not sure where though, the guy who did the headgasket said he was certain it was going through the valve seals and nothing to do with the piston rings or bore wear. He said everything was fine when he put it back together, and said there were no compression issues. I was wondering if the valve seals might just take a while to wear in and seal properly? I gather some VR6s just use a bit of oil so should I just accept I'll just have to top it up regularly? I am half inclined to take it somewhere else to do a bit of testing on it again...

Nothing much to update here, except a bit of bad news; Head Gasket went :( Started using up coolant, in addition to the oil it had been using, which at first I thought was just from a leaking radiator (which is leaking). Anyway thought best take it in to get it all looked at, and then it suddenly started idling erratically and losing revs dramatically between gear changes - sometimes cutting out completely. Not good. Took it in to a garage with some VR6 experience in Yeovil, see if they could get to the bottom of the various things going on. Asked them to do a compression test on the cylinders, ostensibly to try and find out if the oil was going past the valve seals or piston rings. Most cylinders were fine, except piston 4 which read about 65 psi! They then also found exhaust fumes in the water... cue horrible sinking feeling! The only good news, sort of, was that the oil was most likely going through the valve stems, so when changing the head gasket they could be done easily as well. So it's currently in for a head gasket repair. Sure enough the valve seals were rock hard and not doing any sort of sealing, so they're being changed. Also where it had been burning oil there were heavy deposits on the valves themselves, which were then not closing properly, no doubt aiding to the overall sluggish and erratic performance. So they're gonna be cleaned up. And lastly there was some pitting on the cylinder head where the gasket had gone, so that's gone to be skimmed. They sent me a couple of pictures of this, which I'll try and put up later. Got over the :( stage now, and just want it back! Quite excited now about having it running smoothly again, and hopefully that should keep it going for a few more thousand miles! Gonna give it a thorough clean inside and out when I get it back :)

Quality mate, nice to know there's a few more around Yeovil, maybe have to do a meet... Spotted a white Corrado last sat (13/11) pulled over in a lay by near Trowbridge! Was in a Micra and travelling the other way so didn't wave, and wasn't close enough to see the type. Have to say it does look nice in white... U around Trowbridge way much? Not all that much, my Nan lives there so was just visiting. (The Micra used to be hers!) No further spots alas...

Quality mate, nice to know there's a few more around Yeovil, maybe have to do a meet... Spotted a white Corrado last sat (13/11) pulled over in a lay by near Trowbridge! Was in a Micra and travelling the other way so didn't wave, and wasn't close enough to see the type. Have to say it does look nice in white...

I am! Got my first spot when I've actually been in my C as well. Coming out of Yeovil Showground after the fireworks on Friday night as a dark (blue/black it was night time I couldn't see :roll: ) Corrado was going in. Didn't see the flavour either! Got a wave back and thumbs up :grin: Apologies for flashing like a lunatic and possibly blinding you...

Blade Runner 10/10 I don't know how many times! Don't tend to like giving things 10/10, but I love this film every time I see it. Is my favourite film ever so I think I can give it 10! 8)

"..and yet it's such a stylish and elegant car..." :lol:

If you want to confirm it you should be able to ring up your county council's estate roads department (or equivilantly named department) as they are responsible for adopting roads as Highway* and will have it on record. They might even send you a small map with the Highway coloured in pink if you're lucky! *edit* On further reflection the council probably wouldn't adopt a car park although could own it. Where that leaves your insurance I don't know. As it's a residents only car park maybe you're ok, rather than a privately owned but still publically accessed car park such as a Tesco which, hypothetically I think would need insurance (Not that you could store your car in a Tesco car park!) Might be best to get in contact with someone official... *Time for a spot of pedantry :norty: Public Highway is a Pleonasm, as, by definition, Highway is always public in this country.

Spot on 8) Not only a giant scoop, but the air then has to negotiate the many pipes, wires, boxes and odd protrusions that fill the engine bay before finding it's way out! I remember from doing work experience at Marcos some years ago they did this, the radiator was essentially in a seperate compartment to the engine. (IIRC the spare wheel was in between the two!) They always stressed that air going in needed a way out It does seem a fairly obvious thing to do, I guess it's not all that important on everyday cars but you'd think it would help with fuel consumption at higher speeds at least. Could maybe do an assymetric one on a Corrado, off to one side of the engine, seems to be some space there maybe... :shrug:

Good to hear it 's back and as good as you hoped :clap: Must be lovely knowing everything is new and solid; no hidden surprises!

:lol: it's a strange film isn't it... Had the same experience with the film. It's awesome right up until the whole white room / monolith / baby floating in space thing goes on... not sure WTF Kubrick was smoking when he made that! For those that enjoyed the HAL / spaceship parts of 2001 though, I highly recommend the film Moon. Didn't get a large release or a lot of fanfare but it's clearly inspired by 2001 and it's really enjoyable! I loved the ending of 2001! Thought it fitted the film very nicely; past, present and future with each bit distinct from the other. Certainly made you think. Agree about Moon, well worth getting hold of, especially as it's about £3 in HMV at the moment... Last film I watched was Abyss ( :| /10). Went on too long, ending decent, middle bit far too rambling and disinteresting. Last film I wanted to watch was A Clockwork Orange ( :grin: /10). Nearly flawless, thought provoking and iconic.

So...3 of us then! :lol: 8)

It's a bit of a left field choice, but as far as load lugging, rugged, throw anything at them 4x4s go you can't go far wrong with a Daihatsu Fourtrak! It's rock solid, built like a tank and is absolutely, never let you down, dependable. Seriously it just keeps on going. All the mechanicals are solid and kept simple, and the engine is a tough old unit. Body panels are all galvanised so rust shouldn't be an issue either. The obvious downside is it's not very refined on the road, performance could be charitably described as sluggish, but it will maintain that performance whatever you are carrying or towing! Ride is very firm (adjustable dampners don't really do anything! :lol: ), but it's not a woeful drive; gearchange is clean and slick, and the handling is fairly neutral. Obviously it's no sports car, that's not really what you go looking for in a 4x4, but it won't drive you into a hateful rage everytime you drive it (unlike some cars...*cough*206*cough*). Other than that agree with what's been said above re. Land Cruiser and Rav 4. Fourtrak is obviously smaller than the Land Cruiser, and less refined than both but will carry loads, tow and go anywhere better than the Rav 4 IMO. If you have the money and space, then you can't go far wrong with the Land Cruiser, (we replaced the Fourtrak with a Land Cruiser, for a bit more on road refinement. The Fourtrak kept on going mind!) and of course none of the above will break like a Freelander probably will...

I'd be interested to know this as well, in case mine needs doing later on. Sounds like it could be useful to a few people, and I'll change the thread title to include this as well so it's more easily found. Glad to see the thread is being of some use!

I'll add my name to the Corrado Yeovil Division! :salute: I've an Aqua Blue VR, usually can be seen on the A303 or the A37 between Ilchester and Yeovil. Haven't seen others, other than that dark VR that may or may not be a Storm... Will have to be more observant!

This is pobably about what mine is using now. Got someone to drive behind me to check for smoke and their slightly vague verdict was: "there might have been a trace of smoke", so not surprising I haven't noticed any! I guess the next step will be a compression test to confirm what I'm looking at... (then after that try and discern if it is running rich... :roll: ) Cheers for all your help guys, much appreciated! What did Corrado owners do in the days before the forum?!

10W/40 as per the manual. it is a semi-synthetic though. How much would that affect things? The Golf chap mentioned above uses it in his VR and as I say doesn't get through as much, it's what they generally use where he works. Full oil change needed?

Yeh I'll have it :lol: :lol: Saw the Storm/non-Storm I mentioned earlier again, same time, same road in Yeovil. I'm absolutetly certain it was black this time, it was a clear day and there was no hint of blue in it! So either someone's resprayed a Storm, or they've been sticking cheeky Storm badges on a normal VR! :norty:

Hi guys, my VR has been having a naughty drink of the oil, and wondering if anyone has any ideas. Basically am getting through a lot of oil; over a ltr per 1000 miles, which is outside the slightly excessive sounding tolerance in the manual and from reading other people's usage on here quite a bit more than it should. If it carries on I might have to start callign it a Diesel! :lol: :| Trouble is I can't quite figure out where it's going. I don't have any major leaks, there's never any drips or puddles underneath anywhere it's been parked. There is some weeping out of the rocker cover, but not excessive amounts. So I figure it must be getting burnt, but I've no blue smoke out the back or any smell of burning oil. I've no white gunge in any of the oil, and there's no oil in the coolant so I'm ruling out head gasket for now. Having done a search on here I understand I'm probably looking at either piston rings or valve stems? The engine is probably quite worn (140k+) and am I right in thinking increased blow by would force more oil vapor through the pcv pipe back into the combustion chambers? The pcv was knackered and split apart so replaced it with a new one a couple of weeks ago. Oil was dripping out of this onto the exhaust manifold so I was getting an oil burning smell from that, but since I've had the new one the smell has ceased. Also as I say no smoke, and a mates AAA VR in his Golf has worn piston rings and has blue smoke to go with it, but even he's not getting throught the same amount of oil as i am. I was expecting the breather pipe and air intake pipe to be full of oil deposits if this was the case but they and the throttle body were all clean. I've had the spark plugs out, but they weren't oiled up. There was oil on the outside of them, so that will be out of the rocker cover I guess. They were highly carbonated though, and the exhaust has a lot of black carbon deposits, so on a slightly seperate issue I think it might be running a bit rich, and not really sure what to do there either. :shrug: So I'm a bit stumped all in all, I can't see any of the oil burning symptoms that I'm aware of: blue smoke, smell, oil on plugs, white gunge etc so wondering where the oil is going! :confused4: Would it be burning oil without any of those things showing up? It seems to run alright, haven't had any loss of power; it always seems willing to pull throughout the range, and is smooth. I don't mind topping the oil up like I'm refueling it if it runs ok just a bit confused and hoping it's not indicative of an underlying issue lying in wait!